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2 years ago	– via CBS Dallas @ CBS
NBA star and Bedford-native Myles Turner has made a $50,000 donation to Texas Health Resources. The donation comes after the Indiana Pacer's father was successfully treated for COVID-19 at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford.
2 years ago	– via Baxter Holmes @ ESPN
Perhaps a key factor in such decisions, beyond titles or responsibilities, is the health and age of those staffers, NBA general managers told ESPN. One NBA general manager, speaking on the condition of anonymity, pointed to the age of the team's head coach and others on the staff and said he would feel uneasy about those coaches being present for games, given the factors that place some people at a higher risk for serious issues because of the virus.
2 years ago	– via Clutch Points
"I've been dying to answer this question" Carter said before answering Napear's query about competing in empty gyms. Carter opined that basketball players are frequently required to adapt to circumstance, such as defensive schemes and rule changes, and can approach fan-less games similarly. He said, "When you toss that ball up and competition starts, and you're in battle, how often do you worry about the fans? Yes, you hear them cheering, and booing you, I get that. But you're in competition, you're in battle. You should be focused on the guy in front of you, or the task at hand … With that being said, yes I could."
2 years ago	– via National Desk Staff @ KCCI Channel 8
Access to essential resources, none more essential than food, has become a magnified issue for underserved communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Harrison Barnes and his wife, Brittany, have donated $40,000 to help fund weekly groceries for vulnerable families and seniors in the Sacramento community.
As the NBA seeks solutions to return to action during the coronavirus pandemic, teams are weighing scenarios for potential games with only essential personnel present. Perhaps a key factor in such decisions, beyond titles or responsibilities, is the health and age of those staffers themselves, NBA general managers told ESPN.
One NBA general manager, speaking on the condition of anonymity, pointed to the age of the team's head coach and others on the coaching staff and said that, given the known factors that place some at a higher risk for serious issues because of the virus, they would feel uneasy about said coaches being present for games. "I don't want to put them in harm's way," the general manager said.
Another general manager echoed the same point regarding team staffers who might be at a high risk because of underlying health conditions or their age. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that adults over 65 are at a higher risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19.
"Based on all the information that we have today, probably people over 60 with preexisting conditions can't go, for sure, no matter what their titles are," the second general manager said. "Whether it's a father of the star player or whether it's the general manager of the team, they can't go there." The first general manager said these issues apply to staff beyond coaches. "I worry about those guys," the general manager said. "That's an exposure that I don't think we can afford."
2 years ago	– via Twitter ringernba
The Ringer: Everyone @Kevin O'Connor has talked to, from players to agents to executives to coaches, want to finish the season. He and @Bill Simmons discuss the possibility of the NBA's return. #BSPodcast pic.twitter.com/4dDGRHWtio
http://twitter.com/ringernba/status/1256585987292925954
2 years ago	– via Kevin Draper @ New York Times
Sports leagues are desperate for a safe way to start playing games again. Las Vegas has tens of thousands of empty hotel rooms and a tourism-based economy that has been wracked by the coronavirus pandemic. Could they help solve each other's problems? MGM Resorts International, the company that has ownership stakes in more than a dozen hotel-casinos in Las Vegas, has pitched several sports leagues, including the N.B.A., W.N.B.A., N.H.L. and M.L.S., on an audacious proposal to house their athletes and necessary support staff to hold their seasons on a quarantined block on the Las Vegas Strip, according to multiple people familiar with the discussions who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly.
According to a proposal deck sent to the N.B.A. and the W.N.B.A., which The New York Times reviewed, MGM envisions a fully quarantined campus, essentially one full block of the Las Vegas Strip, where players would live and play out whatever schedule the leagues want. The athletes would be joined by their families, league and broadcast media employees, as well as the staff and vendors needed to serve them, with access to lounges, spas, restaurants and all the other perks the resorts offer (yes, even gambling). Sports leagues have explored any number of options for restarting their seasons, and various news media reports have floated cities like Las Vegas, Orlando, Fla., and Atlantic City, N.J., and even the states of Hawaii and Arizona as possible locations for games in a semi- or fully-quarantined environment. But most league executives have been publicly noncommittal about their plans.
2 years ago	– via Matt Weyrich @ NBC Sports
But for the sports world, Gobert's positive test was a dose of reality for many inside the game. Wizards point guard John Wall sat down with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson on Showtime's All the Smoke podcast Thursday and talked about what it was like when he first heard the league was shutting down. "When you get that [news] and start realizing how serious the virus was, you kinda thought, 'Everybody has to get tested,'" Wall said. "Even me, I wasn't playing I was on the bench but you interact with players, dapping them up throughout the game same with after the game…me having a young son, I'm like, 'Well, you definitely have to get tested and make sure you don't have it and make sure you're not passing it along.'"
2 years ago	– via Samson Amore @ TheWrap.com
Miami Heat center Meyers Leonard and New Orleans Pelicans guard Josh Hart are taking their rivalry from the court to the battlefield, facing off in Activision Blizzard's "Call of Duty Modern Warfare: Warzone" for the final match of a gaming tournament raising money for pandemic relief.
Leonard began his Hammer Classic charitable tournament April 3 with the goal of raising $175,000 for Feeding America, beginning with an ambitious 24-hour live gaming stream on Twitch. The effort ends May 6.
2 years ago	– via Mark Murphy @ Boston Herald
Steve Pagliuca, who is generally part of as many causes and projects as he is involved with basketball players, signed on for a group initiative five weeks ago that has been a little breathtaking. The Celtics co-owner, through his larger job as the co-chairman of Bain Capital, had joined with a group of 12 renowned scientists and several giants in the business community to not only streamline a plan for combating COVID-19 and re-opening the economy, but to get it into the right hands at the White House.
The group, called Scientists to Stop COVID, first came to light in a Wall Street Journal story on April 27, and includes a broad range of biologists, immunologists and a Nobel laureate. They have compared themselves to The Manhattan Project – the scientists who developed and produced the atomic bomb in 1945.
This wealth of information in hand, Pagliuca then urged NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to consult with the group while determining a way to bring back the league. Silver's cautious approach considered – with the exception of some impending practice facility openings – Pagliuca has no interest in discussing anything in terms of an NBA timetable. "I can't comment on that. Adam Silver is studying this, and they have an incredible staff, and they'll base it on the data and safety of fans," he said.
2 years ago	– via John Denton< @ NBA.com
Continuing to do what he can to help out those in need in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon has accepted the All In challenge to provide food for the less fortunate. Gordon, who has already made financial donations to help out school-aged children in Orlando and his hometown of San Jose, Calif., announced on Thursday that he has joined other sports, music and acting celebrities who are attempting to raise funds for food by offering exclusive packages that fans can bid on.
Gordon, a two-time Dunk Contest runner-up and a six-year NBA pro, is offering an all-expenses paid trip to Orlando for two fans with domestic flights and hotel charges covered. While in Orlando, fans will receive courtside tickets to a Magic game and tickets to Disney World. Gordon, 24, is also offering one of his game-worn Magic jerseys and an autographed basketball from the 2020 NBA Slam Dunk contest, one in which he lost in controversial fashion to Miami forward Derrick Jones Jr. Winners must be at least 18 years of age.
2 years ago	– via Twitter BA_Turner
Brad Turner: NBA just announced it has postponed 2020 NBA draft lottery and NBA combined due to coronavirus. Both were scheduled to be held in Chicago later this month.
2 years ago	– via Twitter NYPost_Berman
Marc Berman: The NBA announces no combine, which we knew, and postponement of Draft Lottery. Both in Chicago. Draft still on June 25th for now. NBA "continues to closely monitor the coronavirus pandemic and consult with infectious disease specialists, public health experts and government"
2 years ago	– via Twitter wojespn
Adrian Wojnarowski: Among the discussion topics today on the call: The merits of moving back the start of the 2020-2021 until December, sources said. Part of that ongoing converation surrounds the opportunity a delay could give NBA teams to get more fans in arenas for more games next season.
Adrian Wojnarowski: The NBA's Board of Governors voted on those items in a conference call today, but held off on formally pushing back the June 25 Draft date -- although sources still expect that will eventually be done.
2 years ago	– via Twitter ShamsCharania
NBA postpones draft lottery and combine
Shams Charania: The NBA has indefinitely postponed its NBA Draft Lottery and Draft Combine in May in Chicago due to coronavirus pandemic, sources tell @The Athletic @Stadium.
Adrian Wojnarowski: The NBA postponed the May Draft Lottery and Combine today, sources tell ESPN.
2 years ago	– via Twitter JShawNBA
JD Shaw: The Dikembe Mutombo Foundation is donating 466 hot meals for the front-line health professionals at Grady Memorial, Piedmont and Phoebe Putney hospitals in Georgia, per release.
2 years ago	– via Twitter MarkBermanFox26
Mark Berman: #Rockets CEO @tadbbrown: "We're aligned to try work w/ the league..to work w/ other teams to figure out a solution to make sure we get this season up&running again..We feel confident as long as we're able to create the safest environment possible..We're all hopeful to get moving" pic.twitter.com/rPyTIdFq8P
2 years ago	– via Tim Bontemps, Brian Windhorst @ ESPN
When it comes to restarting play, NBA commissioner Adam Silver has said he'll follow the guidance of the Center for Disease Control and independent health advisers. And the one thing these health experts agree on is that testing is the key to everything. There needs to be a fast, simple and reliable test. There also must be enough available public testing to avoid backlash toward the NBA for acquiring and using kits. The league expects it will need approximately 15,000 tests, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Teams were sent a memo Thursday night advising not to arrange coronavirus tests for asymptomatic players and staff.
Some of the work to determine essential personnel started weeks ago, as organizations braced for the likelihood of holding games without fans. In a memo to teams on March 7, the NBA said to "minimize the number of staff traveling with the team to essential individuals only." This scenario would go even further. Consultation with head coaches and executives led to the reduction to 28 people per team: 15 active roster spots (excluding two-way players), the head coach, three assistant coaches, three trainers/physical therapists, a strength coach, an equipment manager, a team logistics coordinator, a front-office representative, a public-relations official and a security official. The typical team travel size ranges from 40 to 50 people, growing to 75 or more in the postseason.
To be clear: This would require unprecedented work in a tight and uncertain time frame to construct the NBA's path back to live games. But this is an unprecedented situation. And if the NBA wants to come back this season, this might be its best bet. For now, the NBA does not have a return-to-play plan and remains vague by design, sources said. There are too many questions that remain without answers.
2 years ago	– via Sam Amick and Joe Vardon @ The Athletic
"The thing I keep hearing is the whole competitive advantage idea," said one player on a team that could resume individual workouts next week. "If we open up half the teams' facilities when it's safe, what's a team like Brooklyn going to do? That's a question because I certainly have no idea what that looks like." According to the league's tracking of state-by-state government orders related to the virus, the Suns, Nuggets, Magic, Hawks, Pacers, Timberwolves, Hornets, Cavaliers, Thunder, 76ers, Grizzlies, Rockets, Mavericks, Spurs, and Jazz all live in states where stay-at-home orders will expire on or before May 8.
That leaves the four California teams (Lakers, Clippers, Kings and Warriors), the Wizards, Bulls, Pelicans, Celtics, Pistons, Knicks and Nets of New York, Raptors, Blazers, Bucks, and Heat as the teams located in cities or states where lockdowns will still be in effect. On Wednesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said most of the state could start to re-open on May 4, excluding Miami-Dade County, where the virus is still spreading.
Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka and the team's legal counsel lobbied Los Angeles health officials for help in getting the practice facility open in El Segundo, Calif., a source confirmed to The Athletic (first reported by ESPN). And the Lakers are hardly alone when it comes to lobbying efforts. Sources say all four of the league's California teams (Lakers, Clippers, Warriors, Kings) are hoping to convince Governor Gavin Newsom to include them in "Stage 2" of his reopening plan, perhaps with the help of the mayors in their respective cities. As Newsom detailed via Twitter on Tuesday, that stage would include "gradually reopening some lower-risk workplaces with adaptations."
As of now, no player is allowed into his team's facility or some other gym to work out. Development staffers are not supposed to be working with the players. If a player has a private gym at home, great. Many have said they do not. Others, according to multiple sources, are practicing secretly on their own at gyms that are supposed to be closed. "It's just safer to have them in our gym, instead of random gyms all over the place," said one assistant coach from a contending team.
2 years ago	– via Adrian Wojnarowski @ ESPN
Amid the pandemic, sources say, fan-less games could rely on robotic cameras with closer, innovative angles of the action. Television play-by-play and game analysts could call the games from remote locations. Discussions have included teams keeping essential personnel in the range of 30 to 35 -- including players -- on site.
Silver has publicly and privately insisted he couldn't abide his league gobbling up tests to resume a basketball season if the general public and medical professionals are without mass access to tests. Once the NBA shared its guidelines with teams on protocols for bringing players into the facility for workouts, it prohibited the use of tests on players unless they were showing Covid-19 symptoms, sources said.
2 years ago	– via Twitter TimBontemps
Tim Bontemps: Story filed to @espn: The NBA sent a memo Thursday night advising teams not to arrange COVID-19 tests for asymptomatic players and staff, league sources told ESPN.
2 years ago	– via DailyThunder.com
Sam Presti, Thunder Executive Vice President & General Manager, spoke with media members via video conference call on a range of subjects including the NBA's suspended season, the team's performance in 2019-20, and business for the organization to complete if and when this season (or next) resumes. He answered several questions but (unsurprisingly) could not provide much in the way of concrete plans or expectations from his vantage.
On the Thunder's plans for resuming activities as permitted by state and local governments: "The league has said May 8th is the target date. But as we've seen, things are changing day by day. I don't think we're committed to that date. The league has given teams flexibility for what's best for them. We're gonna be thorough in how we look at it... The players have been great. They have zoom calls. I've been inspired by how our organization has inspired each other and leaned on each other… We don't know when we're coming back or if we're coming back."
On the Thunder working together with the rest of the NBA toward an eventual, if "imperfect", return to play: "As one of 30 (NBA teams), even though we're competing against other organizations, this is not the time for that. When we return, even if it's next season, we are experiencing it together. There are bigger things at play here. My hope here is that we figure out how to get through this virus and keep people safe. Then we can think about basketball... Basketball is so small relative to everything we're facing right now... (You can't) pretend you have the facts that you don't have… We're so far into hypotheticals and theories at this point, I'm not sure the work is productive."
2 years ago	– via Twitter ReggieMillerTNT
Reggie Miller: Where are the dogs attacking, the police forcibly removing detaining arresting people?? Ohhhhh I get it, it's the "very fine people" protesting.. Such a double standard.. pic.twitter.com/uakLI5EwEQ
http://twitter.com/ReggieMillerTNT/status/1255989975755046913
2 years ago	– via Twitter tom_orsborn
Tom Orsborn: R.C.: "I know from conversations w/ Dejounte, Lonnie, Derrick, the whole crew, everyone is dying to get in & dribble a ball. But we can't just blow a whistle & 10 days later think we're going to put our players in an environment safe for (them) from the time they've had away."
Tom Orsborn: R.C. Buford: "Our message for the fans is the same message we have for the community and our nation. We miss everybody. I think we're all probably in that space...We would love to be able to interact with our community in a safe environment." #Spurs
2 years ago	– via Twitter JMcDonald_SAEN
Jeff McDonald: COVID-19 has created trying times for everyone at Spurs HQ. "Getting Pop on a virtual call was the biggest challenge we've faced so far during the hiatus," R.C. Buford said today.
Tom Orsborn: R.C. Buford, again, speaking for all of us, I think, when asked about whether #Spurs will open their practice facility May 8: "The only thing I would say in that respect is that state and community guidelines aren't always the same, and, so, we will review the data we have."
2 years ago	– via Twitter AdamHimmelsbach
Adam Himmelsbach: Bucks owner Marc Lasry was just on @CNBC and he sounded confident that the NBA playoffs will be held in July or August.
2 years ago	– via Twitter mikefinger
Mike Finger: RC Buford says he just got off call with NBA team presidents. "Every intention is to return to play."
2 years ago	– via Twitter ByTimReynolds
Tim Reynolds: RC Buford says the Spurs "want to do what's right for the league and for the fans" when it comes to resuming the season. Further, Buford says team presidents met today and that the consensus remains that teams want to play.
2 years ago	– via Twitter PaulGarciaNBA
Paul Garcia: RC Buford says the front office continues to prepare for the draft and offseason, but with no target dates. He says any plans or dates regarding the future for the team will be set by the league.
2 years ago	– via Twitter KSATRJ
RJ Marquez: #Spurs RC Buford on conference call asked about employee's pay or possible furloughs during #COVID19 pandemic: "We took care of staff through the end of the season. We have not made any staffing changes at this time." #KSATsports #KSATnews #NBA
Tom Orsborn: In a video conference with local reporters, #Spurs CEO R.C. Buford said the club hasn't had to make any staff changes, furloughs, layoffs, pay reductions, etc., during the layoff. But he added, "We will review the reality of the situation as we go on."
2 years ago	– via Twitter KingJames
LeBron James: Execs and agents don't want to cancel season
LeBron James: Saw some reports about execs and agents wanting to cancel season??? That's absolutely not true. Nobody I know saying anything like that. As soon as it's safe we would like to finish our season. I'm ready and our team is ready. Nobody should be canceling anything. 👑
2 years ago	– via Jabari Young @ CNBC
NBA team executives and players' agents spoke to CNBC in recent weeks about the challenges in resuming play. They said team owners are concerned with liability issues and are conflicted about whether or not to give up on the current season. The individuals spoke on condition of anonymity as they aren't authorized to discuss league matters publicly. Billions of dollars are on the line if the NBA can't rescue its season. NBA teams split the roughly $2 billion per year in national TV money the NBA receives from ESPN and Turner Sports. But clubs also gain revenue from local media deals with Regional Sports Networks.
"What [owners] are saying is, 'If we return, where is the revenue that is going to justify the additional cost of returning?" one team executive said. "They are looking at the cost side versus the revenue side. What revenue comes in now?" Also, NBA clubs have many limited partners who are taking losses. "These owners aren't just sitting there with an ATM that's printing more than ever before," said Andy Dolich, the Memphis Grizzlies former president of business operations. "Some of them are looking at vast losses outside of just their basketball team."
Despite all the signals that it will be nearly impossible to rescue the rest of the NBA season, a league spokesperson told CNBC the league is still working on plans to resume. "It is the responsibility of the league office to explore all options for a return to play this season," the spokesperson told CNBC in a statement. "We owe that to our fans, teams, players, partners and all who love the game. While our top priority remains everyone's health and well-being, we continue to evaluate all options to finish this season. At the same time, we are intensely focused on addressing the potential impact of Covid-19 on the 2020-21 season."
With so much uncertainty still surrounding coronavirus, agents are also privately calling on NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to cancel the remainder of the season. "I'm surprised because [Silver] always errs on the side of caution and doing what's right," said one agent, who added he felt Silver would have decided to cancel by now.
2 years ago	– via ESPN
Miami Heat veteran Udonis Haslem delivered food Wednesday to two area hospitals and a fire station that hold a personal connection to him, including one that helped save his life. Haslem said he wanted to give back to the first responders in the coronavirus pandemic at the hospital in which the Miami native was born, the hospital that helped save his life when he had blood clots in 2010, and the fire station next to the community college where his father played semi pro basketball.
"Everybody knows that I had a run in with blood clots years ago, could have lost my life," the power forward said, according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel, during a visit to Memorial Hospital West. "Blood clot was on the way to my heart, and once it gets to your heart, if anybody knows about the medical side of things, that's it. So I was close to losing my life, came here, they got me back. And they pretty much saved my life. "Without you guys, a lot of people say they wouldn't be here. But without you guys, I literally wouldn't be here. I wouldn't have the opportunity to do what I'm doing right now."
JD Shaw: The Pistons have partnered with Nets owner Joe Tsai to deliver 350,000 KN95 masks and 100,000 medical goggles to the city of Detroit. The masks and goggles will be distributed to testing centers, homeless shelters and workers in the transportation and police departments.
2 years ago	– via Twitter ArashMarkazi
Arash Markazi: Mark Cuban: "I'm cautiously optimistic we'll be able to finish the (NBA) season for television, I don't expect that we'll have fans." pic.twitter.com/FoZU0Mn4EA
2 years ago	– via David Aldridge @ The Athletic
But the B.League got in exactly one weekend of games — games are played back to back on Saturdays and Sundays — on March 14 and 15, before the season was canceled for good on March 27, amid several players and at least one referee testing positive for COVID-19, and some players, many American, refusing to play any more games. "It almost seemed like they wanted to wait," Hinkle said. "There was so much pressure at the time to make sure the Olympics went on (the 2020 Summer Olympics, scheduled for this summer in Tokyo, were postponed late last month until 2021). SoftBank (a telecommunications company which has invested heavily in the league since its inception in 2016) was their biggest sponsor and they had already paid for all the games. It was a combination of bad things going in the same direction."
"The translations can be tough," Kelly, who was in second season in Japan, said via phone last week. "But the people are incredibly kind and welcoming. The food is great. My dad came out there the first year and he didn't realize that right near my apartment, not that I was eating there, but there's a Krispy Kreme there. Tokyo's an incredible city. It's a beautiful place with a lot of history." Testing for COVID-19 was not mandatory in Japan. The country had taken the position of other nations that it would save its tests for those who showed the most acute symptoms of the illness, and try to keep those people in clusters so that they would not spread the virus. The country had quarantined a cruise ship in Yokohama in which more than 700 persons who'd been aboard ultimately tested positive for COVID-19, but that one hotspot accounted for a huge portion of the country's total positives.
"I understand the risk," Summers said. "I don't think it's worth it. I don't think it's worth it right now. Of course, we all want see if LeBron and A.D. and those guys are gonna win a Finals. Or if (Giannis) Antetokounmpo is finally going to get to the Finals in the east without LeBron or Kawhi (Leonard) over there stopping him. There's so many basketball lovers that's hurting right now. But more importantly, there's so many people dying." Said Kelly: "I can't speak for the NBA or any other league, but it's a tough thing to make happen, unless you can put things in a bubble. Even if you go out and play, if players are constantly concerned about their health and safety, are you putting out a great product? That was very important to them – not just 'is it safe?,' but do players think and feel that it isn't safe? And if they don't, it isn't safe."
2 years ago	– via Twitter
Stadium: Our Insider @ShamsCharania reports on the NBA considering Disney World Resort as a potential return playing site and the latest discussions around coronavirus.
http://twitter.com/Stadium/status/1255646231273132044
2 years ago	– via Wheat Hotchkiss @ NBA.com
Pacers center Myles Turner knows firsthand the impact of COVID-19. Not long after the NBA suspended its season on March 11, Turner's father David tested positive for the virus. The elder Turner was eventually admitted to a hospital in the Dallas area for a number of days, isolated from the rest of his family. Thankfully, David Turner's condition eventually improved, allowing him to be discharged and return home.
"His recovery process took a while," Myles Turner told reporters on a conference call on Tuesday. "He was on oxygen for a little bit. He's better now, but it was definitely scary at the time." Turner's father is well known to many Pacers fans. He travels from Dallas to Indianapolis to attend almost every home game, sitting in the lower bowl of Bankers Life Fieldhouse across the court from the Pacers' bench. His animated reactions to big plays have earned him some TV time over the years.
Turner is hopeful that the NBA can resume at some point this season. The Pacers were well on their way to their fifth straight playoff appearance, a streak that started Turner's rookie season. Indiana has not advanced past the first round over that span, but Turner said he was "optimistic" that this team was equipped to make a deep run. "I most definitely want to play," Turner said. "That's just the competitor in me and I think we started to get some good leverage towards the end of the season."
Disney World being considered as possible location to end season
Shams Charania: One possible playing ground for NBA if finishing season becomes safe for league and players: Walt Disney World Resort property in Orlando, sources tell @The Athletic @Stadium. League has kept different scenarios in mind.
2 years ago	– via Twitter E_Woodyard
Eric Woodyard: Heat rookie Tyler Herro to ESPN on facilities possibly reopening: "I just hope that they open as soon as possible. Obviously, hoping everybody stays safe and stuff like that but we would all love to get back into the facilities and start working out and stuff like that again."
2 years ago	– via Twitter IraHeatBeat
Ira Winderman: Pat Riley, in taped interview released by Heat, on current coronavirus situation, "Just do what you're supposed to do . . . it's an attitude as much as anything else." Stressed relying on the science.
Ira Winderman: Pat Riley, in taped interview released by Heat, on league finishing season, "I think everybody would like it, and I know the league would like it, they would like to complete the season."
Ira Winderman: Pat Riley, in taped interview released by Heat, "I'm very confident that the Commissioner will make the right decision whenever he has to."
2 years ago	– via Sacramento Bee
Turns out Sleep Train Arena, the team's home in Natomas until 2016, is coming at a cost to taxpayers. The state is paying the Kings $500,000 a month for use of the facility for three months, though the team has donated the use of adjacent practice facility.
The expenses are detailed in a state contract The Bee obtained after filing a request under the California Public Records Act with Gov. Gavin Newsom's Office of Emergency Services. The contract — signed quietly and without public announcement — now raises questions about the expenditure of taxpayer money to enrich an NBA franchise that paid its top player Harrison Barnes $24.1 million in 2019. The Kings are owned by a wealthy group of investors that includes Ranadivé, a software multi-millionaire.
Brian Ferguson, a spokesman for Cal OES, said Friday there was no intent to deceive the public about the contract between the Kings and the state. The arrangement with the Kings "is consistent with what's being done at the other sites," Ferguson said. "We are paying a consistent rate at all the alternative (hospital) sites." He added that the Kings have made available the team's old practice facility, a separate building next to Sleep Train, at no charge.
2 years ago	– via Twitter jovanbuha
Jovan Buha: The Clippers announced today that they teamed with @MisterCtoons, the artist behind their City Edition jerseys, to release a limited edition L.A. Relief merchandise collection, with 100% of proceeds going to the Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles. Here are the available pieces. pic.twitter.com/kDo91jfl06
http://twitter.com/jovanbuha/status/1255569449060454400
2 years ago	– via J. Michael @ Indianapolis Star
Myles Turner's father, David, contracted COVID-19 soon after the league suspended operations after the Pacers' March 10 home game. David Turner fell ill about a week before his son's 24th birthday — March 24 — but was fortunate to avoid the fate of so many others who weren't treated or tested immediately. In fact, his first visit to the hospital led to an incorrect H1N1 diagnosis, a flu strain.
"It was a rough patch for a couple weeks," Turner said. "They said they think he actually contracted it in Indiana. He caught it early before all the frenzy started to happen. Once he got it, he had a whole bunch of symptoms, fever, chills, pneumonia. Had to get him to the hospital. They said he had the H1N1, sent him back home, then he started feeling worse, they sent him to a different hospital, they tested him right away. They said he had corona."
2 years ago	– via AM New York
Governor Andrew Cuomo has begun laying the groundwork to re-open New York as studies suggest the coronavirus outbreak is beginning to take a downward turn in the area. Amongst the group of 100 advisors are prominent New York sports owners in Knicks and Rangers CEO James Dolan, Mets COO Jeff Wilpon, Islanders co-owner Jon Ledecky, Yankees president Randy Levine, and Sabres and Bills owner Kim Pegula.
2 years ago	– via Stephen Wade @ TIME
The medical community in Japan is moving toward a consensus that holding next year's Tokyo Olympics may hinge on finding a coronavirus vaccine. Japan Medical Association president Yoshitake Yokokura said in a video media conference on Tuesday that the Olympics were possible only if the infections were under control, not only in Japan, but globally.
"In my view, it would be difficult to hold the Olympics unless effective vaccines are developed," Yokokura said. He did not say whether he opposes the Olympics without vaccines.
Yoshiro Mori, a former prime minister and now president of the organizing committee, told the newspaper Nikkan Sports there would be no more delays if the games can't be held in 2021. "No, in that situation, it will be canceled," he said. "In the past, when there were such problems, like wartime, it has been canceled. This time, we are fighting an invisible enemy." Mori added: "This is a gamble for mankind. If the world triumphs over the virus and we can hold the Olympics, then our games will be so many times more valuable than any past Olympics."
2 years ago	– via Twitter Con_Chron
Steve Kerr feels season is over for Golden State Warriors
Connor Letourneau: Steve Kerr: "It feels like the end of our season. ... We're staying in touch with our guys, but it definitely feels like the season is done for us." Kerr added that the Warriors had a Zoom call with players last week. "It felt like our annual exit meeting."
2 years ago	– via Roderick Boone @ The Athletic
When it comes to reading the tea leaves and trying to decipher a rough timetable for a return to business as normal, Bismack Biyombo is just as unsure as everybody else. The vice president on the NBAPA's executive board can't predict it either.
"What do I think will happen this year?" the Hornets center said in a chat with The Athletic last week. "I think it's hard to say based on the situation that we are in. If anybody comes out and says, 'Well, I think the league will come back around this time,' I honestly think it's a lie. Just because the first thing is to allow the government to control this virus. Once they can control it and we have some kind of care, some kind of vaccine or whatever that is, then we can talk about the next phase, which is when can we get back to playing basketball again?"
Many questions and hurdles have to be cleared first, though. "I think the focus right now is just looking at how can the players be taken care of and how can we take care of everybody, from the owners to the players because this is a partnership," Biyombo said. "At the end of the day we signed up for a partnership and we all have to wait to see what happens next. But I'm hopeful we get to play again this season. Even if this season is going to be canceled, hopefully, we have some kind of playoffs so that the fans can get to enjoy it because the fans need sports."
"Even for guys that are not in it, you look forward to the playoffs. Whether you are in or out, you look forward to the playoffs. It's a different ball game. It brings the best out of people and the attention to detail is different, when people are playing for something. So I hope we can all get back to our normal life and being able to play basketball."
2 years ago	– via Dave McMenamin @ ESPN
The Lakers have been in contact with the Los Angeles mayor's office to discuss the possibility of opening their practice facility for players before the current shelter-at-home order for L.A. residents expires on May 15, sources close to the matter told ESPN. The NBA announced Monday it will allow players to return to team facilities for voluntary workouts starting May 8. The Lakers, sources said, organized a conference call on Monday with their players to detail what the safety measures will be when the time comes for their doors to open -- be it May 15 or sooner.
Anyone the Lakers players will encounter at the practice facility will be required to wear a mask and gloves, and the designated rebounder for each player will wear gloves and sterilized sneakers, sources said. The approach, sources said, is to err on the side of caution, even if it might seem like the rigid circumstances go a bit overboard.
2 years ago	– via Twitter mcten
Dave McMenamin: The Lakers detailed what workouts will look like when the practice facility re-opens on a conference call with players Monday, sources told ESPN: temperatures taken in the parking lot, strict time schedules and even rebounders wearing gloves.
2 years ago	– via Joseph Staszewski @ New York Post
One of the best basketball products to come out of New York City lost his mom and brother after they battled coronavirus. Erica Telfair, the mother of former NBA and Abraham Lincoln High School star Sebastian Telfair, died early Monday after battling the virus, although her official cause of death is unknown. She was 64. Her passing comes after her son and Sebastian's older brother, Dan Turner, died March 28 from COVID-19. Former Lincoln head coach Dwayne "Tiny" Morton confirmed both deaths.
2 years ago	– via Charlotte Observer
Biyombo, with NBA earnings of more than $75 million, stresses charity and sharing hope. As part of his foundation's effort to improve medical care in the Congo, he recently shipped $1 million in supplies to his native country. Largely protective gear for doctors and nurses, including Hazardous Material suits equipped with oxygen tanks. But also incubators for the newborn and wheelchairs for the infirm.
He's looking to help head off a possible COVID-19 outbreak in an area that once was devastated by Ebola. Biyombo said it's unrealistic, in the way many must live in the Congo, to invoke a stay-at-home order to limit infection spread. "A lot of people live there (on day-to-day subsistence income). It's hard for me to send a video motivating people to stay at home," Biyombo said.
2 years ago	– via Marc Stein @ New York Times
Leandro Barbosa tested positive for COVID-19
While playing for Minas Tênis Clube in Brazil as the league's top scorer at 20.1 points per game, Leandro Barbosa learned on March 21 that he had tested positive for Covid-19 two days earlier in Belo Horizonte. Talita Rocca, his wife, was 38 weeks pregnant and due to give birth on March 26 in Brazil's largest city, São Paulo, where the couple live full time.
Amid soon-to-be-confirmed fears that Rocca, a model, had also contracted the virus, her doctors decided, for the baby's safety, that labor would be induced immediately — with Barbosa barred from the hospital. Rocca's mother, Geli, took Barbosa's place in the delivery room. He watched as much of the March 22 birth of Isabela Rocca Barbosa as possible on FaceTime.
"I didn't know what to do," Barbosa said. "All I did is just talk on the phone: 'Listen, you're going to have to do it by yourself.' I told my wife, 'Think on the baby, not on me.' We're all good now. We're healthy. The baby didn't have the virus and thank you, God."
2 years ago	– via Duane Rankin @ Arizona Republic
Bill Kennedy was part of the referee crew that worked the Detroit-Philadelphia game, which as of right now is the last NBA game played this 2019-20 season. League commissioner Adam Silver suspended play that same night March 11 after Utah Jazz all-star Rudy Gobert tested positive for the coronavirus. "At that time, we went back to the hotel at the airport Marriott and we saw the press release that Adam released," said Kennedy, a Phoenix native and 22-year NBA referee veteran. "We got an email from (NBA head of referee development and training) Monty McCutchen to get home as quickly as we could."
Kennedy said he didn't have to get tested for COVID-19 as he didn't show any symptoms of the virus. "In its infancy, we didn't have any information that would lead us to get tested due to the fact we weren't showing any symptoms," he said. "Throughout the 14 days, I did not show any symptoms. No fever. No coughing or anything like that. So it turned out to be a good thing."
After the Atlanta Hawks were unwilling to immediately reopen the franchise's practice facility for players to return for limited workouts, the NBA sent a memo to teams pushing back its reopening date to May 8. The league had been planning to reopen facilities beginning with the Hawks, because of the state of Georgia had been among the first states loosen stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Pierre Bernard Palassou (9 de junio de 1745, en Oloron-Sainte-Marie - 9 de abril de 1830, Ogenne-Camptort ) fue un naturalista francés conocido por sus estudios pioneros geológicos y mineralógicos de los Pirineos.

Fue miembro correspondiente de la Academia de Ciencias de Francia (1816-1830) y miembro honorario de la Société linnéenne de Paris (1821). Su nombre se asocia con el "Poudingues de Palassou", que son enormes camas de conglomerado de roca que se encuentra en los Pirineos. En 1784 describió Quercus palensis (Pirineo roble) de la familia botánica Fagaceae, (sinónimo Quercus pyrenaica Willd. ).

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 Essai sur la minéralogie des Monts-Pyrénées, 1784.
 Mémoires pour servir a l'histoire naturelle des Pyrénées et des pays adjacents, 1815.
 Suite des mémoires pour servir a l'histoire naturelle des Pyrénées, et des pays adjacens, 1819.
 Supplément aux mémoires pour servir a l'histoire naturelle des Pyrénées, et des pays adjacens, 1821.

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Botánicos de Francia del siglo XIX
Geólogos de Francia del siglo XIX
Naturalistas de Francia del siglo XIX
Miembros de la Academia de Ciencias de Francia

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Tyne & Wear Metro: The Musical is a life-changing disaster
In the North East we have this thing called the Metro. It's just an overground basically but we're pretty happy with it, it's practical and affordable and makes getting into major cities pretty easy. It's a great public service. Isn't worth singing about, but it's pretty good. Really shouldn't sing about it though. Definitely not worth writing a musical about or anything.
Tyne & Wear Metro: The Musical is a musical written about public transport.
Not any just public transport, but sort of lovably janky public transport. Somebody wrote a musical about the Metro. Not just somebody – award winning composer Benjamin Till – whose other works include A1: The Road Musical & Coventry Market: The Musical.
There's a lot in here. Geordies. Mackems. Bagpipes. A marching band. A choir. A ferret. There are multiple raps. The content is certainly there it's just all absolutely horrifying.
Like all musicals there's a cast of colourful characters, including:
And many many more.
This is an ensemble piece with a roll call which does absolutely no favours for the widely held perception of people from the North East as frumpy drunken weirdos.
Knowing the BBC they probably spent an iceberg of license fees on this nightmare.
Watching this is like that – a nightmare, one of those really bad ones where you can't move your legs. Where each new development is more confusing and terrifying than the last. There's so much to talk about that I'll never get to it all.
Picking the exact moment Metro: The Musical goes off the rails is difficult. It could be within the first five seconds when the word "1980" is sung out of key. But let's be real, it's when she shows up:
I'm sorry if this is your Gran or something, but your Gran can't sing and she sucks. Could they not find better elderly people?
I think at that point it was pretty clear the project was beyond salvage and from here each new scene only compounds the tragedy.
We could talk about "escalators" lady all day. I mean seriously – what the hell was that all about?? The first time you saw an escalator was the year 1980? You know Harrods has had one since 1898? Your about 100 years late on this one pal – and besides – it's just an escalator, a big set of fucking stairs, not exactly the Hagia Sophia is it?
And as for the "so high / so bright / so clean" comment, no. It was probably clean on day one, after which it presumably looks like it looks now – caked in dirt and piss and fag ends – like all escalators. Because let's not forget they are a pretty common phenomena.
Things get really choppy around the third act, where they start layering different lines over one another and you can't hear what the fuck anyone is saying. You see when you stack two people singing the same lyrics that's called harmonising. But if they're singing entirely unrelated and overlapping lines that's just the worst thing ever.
I'm looking at you two.
I will give this credit for two things: 1) Despite being an official production they more than once mention how easy it is to travel without buying a ticket, which until recently it absolutely was because the date was written in tiny font and none of the stations had ticket barriers and 2) The scene with the kid dancing was kind of cute.
That's really it though. Metro: The Musical is staggering because every single creative decision is wrong and the handling at each stage is completely inept. Nobody did a good job on this. I'll at least cut the cast some slack since they're just civies having a laugh and not professional performers. It's those managing the project that deserve a slap.
The backing track sounds like muzak, the lyrics are doggerel, the staging is awkward and the direction is wonky as hell. People miss their lines, mime out of time, and generally seem to have no idea what the hell is happening, which is fine because neither did I. Then everything is lathered with terrible auto-tune.
This was probably commissioned in 2009 or 2010 so I'm going to pin this whole thing on Labour and their public sector budgeting. Thanks a bunch, Gordon Brown, for investing in essential public services – we end up with this.
Of course this being the BBC, a publicly funded company, some hero called Martin made a Freedom of Information request for the lyrics:
Fortunately the Beeb complied and provided the full lyric sheet. Unfortunately they clearly are not the official lyrics. Just look at these unforgivable errors:
Clearly when the request came in all who had worked on Metro: The Musical had been driven into exile or sent to work the salt mines until they collapse from exhaustion and die, and so some poor intern was given the thankless job of transcribing the lyrics by watching the Youtube video over and over again.
However they do at least confirm that yes you heard that right, she really did say "lend the ear that wipes the tear away".
That leads onto the final and perhaps most confounding failure of Metro: The Musical – it doesn't tell us anything. What is actually good about the Metro? Does it bring people together? Could you find the love of your life on the Metro? I suppose. You could also get shived by a gang of hoodies at Palmersville or sit in human shit too. There is no coherent message, which despite the many, many failings of this production, is the real underlying problem.
If you want to celebrate the Metro, why not collect personal accounts of things that have actually happened: testimonials by the people who use the Metro, then make a short film out of it. Instead of a musical? Just an idea.
All this complaining but I can't deny my life is changed. I've watched this probably hundreds of times, and each time something new and hilarious comes to the fore. This is a gift, and I present it to you the reader. Your life begins now.
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Martti Ahtisaari, a diplomat and mediator renowned for his international peace work, was awarded the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts". Mr Ahtisaari served as the first directly elected President of the Republic of Finland from 1994 to 2000. Foreign governments and the United Nations have called upon him to assist in some of the world's most difficult conflicts.
Mr Ahtisaari has facilitated the peace process between the government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement, chaired the independent panel on security and safety of UN personnel in Iraq, served as UN special envoy for the Horn of Africa, and inspected the Irish Republican Army's arms dumps (alongside Cyril Ramaphosa). In 2005 he served as the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Kosovo.
In 1977 he was appointed UN Commissioner for Namibia and the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Namibia in 1978, ultimately helping to supervise Namibia's first elections. Mr Ahtisaari holds honorary citizenship of Namibia for this work.
Mr Ahtisaari founded Crisis Management Initiative, an independent conflict resolution organisation, in 2000. He is a member of the Elders.
In 2004 Martti Ahtisaari was awarded the Order of the Companions of Oliver Tambo (Supreme Companion) by South Africa.


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I'm based in protaras at the moment, just got here the other day so I'm still waiting on my rods to come and sort my gear out.
I think we could be moving down that way towards larnaca or just past towards Limassol for hopefully a better option of jobs, what were the fish that were being caught?
So is sea bream and sea bass very common in these waters?
My son and his mates used to fish a lot with florescent jigs at night and got a good many squid, in and around February there used to be a sort of barracuda type fish coming in but I never caught or tried to eat them.
Is there anybody that does bass or rock fishing around protaras, I'll be getting my fishing gear by next week so I'll be hoping to get out then as well, looking for someone to show a few spots if possible! I've heRd Cape Greco is good!
We're no experts by any means, but do a bit of fishing from the rocks around Kapparis/Protaras/Ayia Napa areas when we are over in Cyprus. We seem to about keep up with the local fishermen in terms of size and quantity caught, and sometimes better, so must be doing something right.
The local fishermen almost exclusively use poles and very light tackle. This is fine in the summer when the sea is still, but not so easy when the sea is rough, so probably best then to use the rod - we have both.
They also tend to employ a different hook technique to us. Typically they will use a large treble tied below a smaller treble which is baited. I would describe the technique as snag fishing which I really don't like, but they are mostly fishing for food, whereas we tend to mostly catch and release so use a single barbless hook, typically ~size 14 (this is from memory). They also use a technique as described by Byker above where they wrap dozens of small tied hooks in and around a ball of bread which is cast out by rod and reel.
Baitwise, we find that bread works as well as anything. We were told that we wouldn't catch anything on bread and to use the powdered stuff that you can get from the tackle shops. It's really what I'd call groundbait which is mixed with water and kneaded into a thick dough - the same as we do with the bread. We sometimes use this instead, but it seems (to us) no better.
. Watch closely how he handles it as it's spines are VERY painful if they get you. I found out the hard way. Note that the one he has is on the larger side. These seem greatly prized for food, but having tried them we weren't overly impressed.
We did catch several of the escaped gilt head sea bream (tsippoura) that bill mentioned above which had escaped from a fish farm. We caught decent (meal) sized ones on prawn in February around the Larnaca area from the rocks. We have never caught a "wild" one, or a bream though.
The next most common fish we catch are small wrasse, I think they are called ornate wrasse. We have also caught a few of what the Cypriots call "rabbit fish" - we would call them puffers, up to ~2lb but they are non indigenous to Cyprus waters so returning them to the water is actively discouraged.
We have tried putting a bomb on and casting out a distance from the shore, but never had any success from this other than the tsippoura above, but they were just as easy to catch on the pole.
Great info. Now I know why I lose so many fish using a single hook.


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Considering the dose-dependent adverse effects and economic burdens of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α inhibitors [1,2], the feasibility of their tapering, either dose reduction or injection spacing, after achievement of remission for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients should be evaluated. Smolen et al. demonstrated that moderately active RA patients could more effectively maintain low disease activity under reduced dosage of etanercept than total withdrawal . Emery et al. also revealed that tapering of TNF-α inhibitors for early RA patients who were in remission resulted in better disease control than withdrawal of biologics . Although the relapses of disease activity is more common in RA patients who received tapering of TNF-α inhibitors compared with those under continuously full dosage of biologics [5-7], there was no significant difference in radiographic or functional outcome [6,7]. Besides, the meta-analysis  and 2015 recommendations  also suggested that continuing biologic therapy at a reduced dose for RA patients who have achieved remission allows for the fair to good outcomes to be sustained. However, there has been no well-established down-titration strategy for biologics treatment in RA patients.
Clinically it is also important to search for predictive markers, which could identify patients who may maintain good outcome after down-titration of TNF-α inhibitors. Haschka et al., in the Reduction of Therapy in patients with Rheumatoid arthritis in ongoing remission (RETRO) study, revealed the presence of anticitrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) was associated with disease relapses when biologics were tapered . Using the same cohort, multi-biomarker disease activity (MBDA) score could improve the prediction of disease relapses in RA patients undergoing tapering of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs after achieving remission . In spite of the conflicting results regarding the value of serum drug trough levels for predicting successful dose reduction [11,12], drug level monitoring may help clinicians optimize anti-TNF-α therapy and prevent overtreatment for RA patients in clinical practice [11,13,14]. Recently, Naredo et al. demonstrated that the presence of Doppler ultrasound-detected synovitis may predict for failure of biologic tapering for RA patients in sustained clinical remission . In addition, a disease activityguided dose-reducing strategy of TNF-α inhibitors for treating RA patients is non-inferior to usual care in terms of major flares, and the implementation of such strategy would improve the cost-effectiveness of biologic therapy .
In conclusion, based on the findings of previous studies, the meta-analysis, and the current treatment guidelines, tapering of TNF-α inhibitors is feasible for RA patients in sustained remission [3-9]. Further studies in search for reliable markers to predict for successful tapering of TNF-α inhibitors in such RA patients are warranted.
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| Nepal | October 24, 2017
BHOLA PASWAN October 24, 2017
In May, June and September 2017, Nepal conducted local elections to elect a total of 35,041 local representatives across 753 local levels including 6 metropolitan cities, 11 sub-metropolitan cities, 276 municipalities and 460 rural municipalities.
This was the first local election since the promulgation of the 2015 constitution, and came two decades after the last one held during the civil war. It also took place against the backdrop of discontent regarding the new constitution, particularly on federalism and state restructuring. Since representation of minorities is the primary goal of Nepal's state restructuring, in this series of data stories, we begin by analyzing the results of the election for newly created local bodies.
Why is this important? The 2015 constitution of Nepal, Article 38(4) gives women the right to proportional representation in all levels of governance. The 2011 census shows that women make up 51.5% of the population of Nepal. The Election Commission had mandated that 40.4% of all nominees seats be reserved for women, and this included the rule that between mayor and deputy mayor, and between chair and deputy chair of rural municipalities, parties had to field one woman candidate. Similarly, at the ward committee level with four member seats and one ward chair, the parties had to have at least two women ward members, one of them had to be a Dalit.
Even with quotas, men outnumber women
Despite the 50% quota for mayor, chair and deputy positions, and two of the four ward member seats set aside for women, men still outnumber women in the 35,041 thousand local government positions.
Gender distribution comparison between newly elected local representatives and national population
Women were elected to very few top positions
The results show that women won as deputies instead of mayors and chairpersons. Only 2% of the mayor and chair positions out of the total 753 went to the women, while 91% of the deputy positions went to women.
Representation of women in the mayor, deputy mayor, chair and deputy chair positions.
One percent of ward chairs are women
For the posts without mandated gender quotas (the two open competition ward committee member seats and the ward chair seat) women's representation is negligible. Out of the 13,484 non-quota ward member positions, only 2% went to women. Similarly, out of the total 6742 ward chair seats, women won only 1%. This is the lowest representation of women across the various local government posts.
Women's representation in the ward chair and ward member (open) posts
Ethnic composition of women representatives
Ethnic composition of women local representatives
A total of 14,339 women are part of the local government. Among them, 47.4% are Dalits, 23.5% are Khas Arya women, 19.9% are Janajati, 8% Madhesi, and 1.3% Muslim. Seven out of 263 mayor seats were won by women, among them 6 are Khas Arya, and 1 is Madhesi. Similarly, the Chair position had 11 women, of which 6 were Khas-Arya and 5 Janajati. Dalits appear significant, but outside of the Dalit women quota, their presence barely registers.
Ethnic composition of women representatives across the various local posts: mayor, deputy mayor, chair, deputy chair, ward chair, and the ward member positions of (i) ward member open, (ii) woman ward member (excluding dalit woman seat) and (iii) dalit woman ward member seat.
Madhesi women are not represented as well as Hill women; similarly Terai Dalits (who got 23%) are not as well represented as Hill Dalits (who got 77%) in the Dalit Woman Ward Member post.
Ethnic distribution across parties
Dalit women have a large presence among women representatives, and this is because of the Dalit Woman Ward Member post. If we only consider the other seats, Khas Arya and Janajati women have the biggest presence in the mainstream parties. The smaller parties that lean towards identity have high representation of Madhesi and Muslim women but minimal presence of Khas and Janajati women.
Ethnic composition of women representatives by party
The Dalit seat
The 6567 Dalit Woman Ward Member seats filled by the parties show the smaller parties prioritizing Madhesi Dalit women over Hill Dalits.
Distribution of Pahad and Terai Dalit for the Dalit woman ward member seat across parties
Political affiliations of women representatives
Political affiliation of women representatives by ethnicity
When we analyze the data in terms of political affiliation per ethnicity, we see that the vast majority of Khas, Janajati and Dalit women representatives who have been voted in are from the three major parties: UML, Nepali Congress, and Maoists. Madhesi and Muslim women representatives got their ticket from a wider range of parties.
Women's marginalization continues
Results of this local election show that women are able to fill a certain number of posts because of the quotas, but they rarely enjoy positions of power, whether it's the mayor of a town, chair of a rural municipality, or the chair of a ward. Men dominate both in terms of numbers and executive positions.
The representation of women belonging to different ethnicities is not uniform either. Dalit women have a large presence, again because of the Dalit Women Ward Member post, but they have negligible presence among non-Dalit quota seats, and are completely absent from the three executive positions of mayor, chair and ward chair. In the non-Dalit quota seats, Khas Arya women dominate, followed closely by Janajatis, and then Madhesis, Dalits and Muslims.
In conclusion, our analysis shows that despite the promise of state restructuring, women continue to be denied political power at the local level.
All charts by Supriya Manandhar
Bhola Paswan is a senior reporter with The Record.
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This figure, US Tanker at Ease, was recently released in the Wee Friends line which are available through Friendship Models. This figure was sculpted by Rene Patton and depicts a US tanker in a relaxed pose.
Packaged in an oval plastic snap box this is a simple figure consisting of 3 parts, and is further protected within another zip plastic bag. Also in the pod are two small paper inserts, one with a front and rear view of the figure and the other containing contact details for Friendship Models.
Cast in a light cream resin, the figure depicts a US tanker at ease wearing a one piece work suit. The body is cast as a whole and comes with a separate right arm and head. His right hand is designed to rest on his raised right knee, whilst his left arm, which is moulded to the body, is behind his back. The head is designed to fit looking to the left and slightly behind him. The figure has his right leg raised and is leaning forward slightly. The casting is excellent and I could see no sign of damage or air-bubbles in the casting. Both hands and arms are well depicted.
From the references and pictures I have looked at, the figure would appear to be wearing the one piece work suit made from Herringbone Twill. This one piece affaire was an Olive Drab in colour. The work suit, open at the neck, has the correct left chest pocket and number of buttons on the top of the suit. The left and right leg pockets are well depicted with the angled flap, and the ankle fastenings are present on the bottom of the suit. The chest pocket is bulked out nicely with some kit and the arms show the sleeves of the suit rolled up above the elbow. The flap of the right hand hip pocket is visible under his left hand. Around the waist is a very good representation of the suits' belt.
The head is well cast and depicts the face of youngish looking man, wearing a 1938 style tankers helmet complete with the accessories worn from 1941. On top of the helmet are a pair of goggles. Both the finish and detail are sharp giving an excellent representation of the kit.
Pat McGrath kindly sent me a link that may be of interest and use to modellers, Tank Helmet.
Height and proportions are good with a heel to shoulder height of approximately 44 mm, which might be a little big for some, although it is difficult to be accurate given that he is slightly bent forward at the waist. I lean toward the feeling that this figure is on the slightly biggish side, but I may be wrong.
A very useable figure who should appeal to both armoured/diorama builders and figure painters alike. Extremely well sculpted and cast with good sharp detail, the rolled up sleeves and open neck of the work suit would seem to be very appropriate. The figure has a good pose, although you will have to provide your own jerry can or box for him to rest his right leg on.
The uniform details is sharp and has nice natural folds, so this chap should paint up very well. There will be minimal clean up necessary with just the pour stubs to remove.
It's good to see the Wee Friends range continuing to expand, I'm sure this figure will be enjoyed by many.
Highs: Excellent Order of Dress, good pose and a very useable figure for Allied builders.
Lows: Perhaps a little tall, but then people come in all shapes and sizes.
Hi, The link for Friendship Models at the top of this review just goes to a domain parking site. I've been trying to get some Legend Production's sets but I'm finding it a wee bit difficult to get on to a working web site.. Does anyone have a current web address for Friendship Models?
I've just update the Company details.the CORRECT website is this: http://www.friendshipmodels.org.uk.
Thanks James & Jim It looks like the new site is still in the process of being "populated"! patience is a virtue Have fun.


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Q: pgAdmin 4 PostgreSQL Query Tool always showed disconnect logo I have a server in Heroku that run in PostgreSQL.
This is my first time deploy to Heroku and try to running in PostgreSQL (actually this also my first time PostgreSQL).
I Have a problem with this query tool feature. I NEVER able to write some SQL commands with this DMBS. I'm still wondering why I can't even write a single query with this.
I try to download and install PostgreSQL locally and try to run the query tool, it perfectly run with no even disconnect logo (and with no SLOW LOADING)

And the host is on AWS. And the other problem maybe with the very slow loading that I have experienced with this.
It also annoy me so much in fact.
But I really have no idea why I cant even write a single query with this.
Any help would be really appreciated.
[I have try this]

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*I have try to delete the folder in Roaming and need to re connect the server from the beginning.

*I have try to downgraded my PostgreSQL to 9.6 with pgAdmin built-in (before I was using only pgAdmin 4), and no result.

*Of course I have try to restart this machine for several times but still no luck.

*I think the Wi-Fi is not the problem.

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Q: Why won't my cross-compiled CGO binary run on the Raspberry Pi (Raspbian)? When I compile the following snippet of code (playground link):
package main

/*
#cgo LDFLAGS: -lbluetooth

#include <bluetooth/bluetooth.h>
#include <bluetooth/hci.h>
#include <bluetooth/hci_lib.h>
*/
import "C"

func main() {
        C.hci_get_route(nil)
}

…using these environment variables:
CC=arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc
CGO_ENABLED=1
GOARCH=arm
GOARM=6

I get a 1.6Mb binary that:

*

*works on my ODROID-C1 (ARMv7, running Arch, from archlinuxarm.org), but

*does not work on my Raspberry Pi B+ (ARMv6, running Raspbian, from raspberrypi.org).

When I run it on the Pi, I get a "Segmentation fault".
When I run it with these environment variables:
LD_PRELOAD=/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libSegFault.so
SEGFAULT_USE_ALTSTACK=1

I get this output:
*** Segmentation fault
Register dump:
 R0: 00000000   R1: 00000001   R2: bebf37f4   R3: bebf37fc
 R4: 00000000   R5: 00000000   R6: 00010c59   R7: 00000000
 R8: 00000000   R9: 00000000   SL: b6f33000   FP: 00000000
 IP: 0000004f   SP: bebf37ec   LR: 00010c6b   PC: 0005d7f4
 CPSR: 40000030
 Trap: 0000000e   Error: 00000817   OldMask: 00000000
 Addr: 00000001
Backtrace:
Memory map:
00010000-00125000 r-xp 00000000 b3:02 16193      /home/pi/test
00135000-0013b000 rw-p 00115000 b3:02 16193      /home/pi/test
0013b000-0014a000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
0026b000-00290000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0          [heap]
b6d53000-b6d73000 r-xp 00000000 b3:02 16080      /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgcc_s.so.1
b6d73000-b6d7a000 ---p 00020000 b3:02 16080      /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgcc_s.so.1
b6d7a000-b6d7b000 rw-p 0001f000 b3:02 16080      /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgcc_s.so.1
b6d7b000-b6e9f000 r-xp 00000000 b3:02 4254       /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc-2.13.so
b6e9f000-b6ea6000 ---p 00124000 b3:02 4254       /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc-2.13.so
b6ea6000-b6ea8000 r--p 00123000 b3:02 4254       /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc-2.13.so
b6ea8000-b6ea9000 rw-p 00125000 b3:02 4254       /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc-2.13.so
b6ea9000-b6eac000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
b6eac000-b6ec0000 r-xp 00000000 b3:02 4247       /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpthread-2.13.so
b6ec0000-b6ec7000 ---p 00014000 b3:02 4247       /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpthread-2.13.so
b6ec7000-b6ec8000 r--p 00013000 b3:02 4247       /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpthread-2.13.so
b6ec8000-b6ec9000 rw-p 00014000 b3:02 4247       /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpthread-2.13.so
b6ec9000-b6ecb000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
b6ecb000-b6ee0000 r-xp 00000000 b3:02 44311      /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libbluetooth.so.3.12.0
b6ee0000-b6ee7000 ---p 00015000 b3:02 44311      /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libbluetooth.so.3.12.0
b6ee7000-b6ee8000 r--p 00014000 b3:02 44311      /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libbluetooth.so.3.12.0
b6ee8000-b6eea000 rw-p 00015000 b3:02 44311      /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libbluetooth.so.3.12.0
b6ef8000-b6efa000 r-xp 00000000 b3:02 25761      /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libcofi_rpi.so
b6efa000-b6f01000 ---p 00002000 b3:02 25761      /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libcofi_rpi.so
b6f01000-b6f02000 rw-p 00001000 b3:02 25761      /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libcofi_rpi.so
b6f02000-b6f04000 r-xp 00000000 b3:02 4246       /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libSegFault.so
b6f04000-b6f0b000 ---p 00002000 b3:02 4246       /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libSegFault.so
b6f0b000-b6f0c000 r--p 00001000 b3:02 4246       /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libSegFault.so
b6f0c000-b6f0d000 rw-p 00002000 b3:02 4246       /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libSegFault.so
b6f0d000-b6f2a000 r-xp 00000000 b3:02 4248       /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/ld-2.13.so
b6f2e000-b6f32000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
b6f32000-b6f33000 r--p 0001d000 b3:02 4248       /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/ld-2.13.so
b6f33000-b6f34000 rw-p 0001e000 b3:02 4248       /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/ld-2.13.so
bebd3000-bebf4000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
bee7f000-bee80000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0          [sigpage]
ffff0000-ffff1000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0          [vectors]
Segmentation fault

Removing /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libcofi_rpi.so from /etc/ld.so.preload gives me the same output, except with no lines containing libcofi_rpi.so.
Trying to build a statically linked binary with -tags netgo -a -ldflags "-linkmode external -extldflags -static" gives me an "Illegal instruction" instead of the "Segmentation fault".
Trying to build the binary on the Pi itself works, however, I want to cross-compile this. And cross compilation works indeed, but only on the ODROID-C1/Arch, not on the Raspberry Pi/Raspbian.
The exact build steps I use can be reproduced using Docker:
$ docker run -it golang:1.4.1-cross bash

Inside docker, I run:
echo "deb http://emdebian.org/tools/debian/ jessie main" >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/crosstools.list
curl -s http://emdebian.org/tools/debian/emdebian-toolchain-archive.key | apt-key add -
dpkg --add-architecture armhf
apt-get update
apt-get install -y crossbuild-essential-armhf libbluetooth-dev:armhf
export CC=arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc
export CGO_ENABLED=1
export GOARCH=arm
export GOARM=6
go build -o test test.go

This gives me an executable named "test" that, as noted above, will not run on the Pi.
Here's some info about my test devices:
Raspberry Pi B+:
$ uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 3.18.5+ #744 PREEMPT Fri Jan 30 18:19:07 GMT 2015 armv6l GNU/Linux

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
model name      : ARMv6-compatible processor rev 7 (v6l)
BogoMIPS        : 2.00
Features        : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp java tls
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant     : 0x0
CPU part        : 0xb76
CPU revision    : 7
Hardware        : BCM2708
Revision        : 0010
Serial          : 000000002a69d702

$ ldd test
        /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libcofi_rpi.so (0xb6f01000)
        libbluetooth.so.3 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libbluetooth.so.3 (0xb6ed4000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpthread.so.0 (0xb6eb5000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.so.6 (0xb6d84000)
        /lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3 (0xb6f0e000)

Installed Bluetooth libraries:
$ dpkg -s libbluetooth3

Package: libbluetooth3
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 172
Maintainer: Debian Bluetooth Maintainers <pkg-bluetooth-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Architecture: armhf
Multi-Arch: same
Source: bluez
Version: 4.99-2
Replaces: libsdp2 (<= 1.5-2)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.13-28)
Pre-Depends: multiarch-support
Conflicts: libsdp2 (<= 1.5-2)
Description: Library to use the BlueZ Linux Bluetooth stack
 BlueZ is the official Linux Bluetooth protocol stack. It is an Open Source
 project distributed under GNU General Public License (GPL).
Homepage: http://www.bluez.org

ODROID-C1:
$ uname -a
Linux alarm 3.10.66-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jan 28 18:12:35 MST 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
Processor       : ARMv7 Processor rev 1 (v7l)
processor       : 0
BogoMIPS        : 3.27

processor       : 1
BogoMIPS        : 3.27

processor       : 2
BogoMIPS        : 3.27

processor       : 3
BogoMIPS        : 3.27

Features        : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant     : 0x0
CPU part        : 0xc05
CPU revision    : 1

Hardware        : ODROIDC
Revision        : 000a
Serial          : 1b00000000000000

$ ldd test
       libbluetooth.so.3 => /usr/lib/libbluetooth.so.3 (0xb6eaf000)
       libpthread.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb6e87000)
       libc.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (0xb6d48000)
       /lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3 (0xb6ed1000)

Installed Bluetooth libraries & development headers files:
$ pacman -Qe bluez
bluez 5.27-1

Docker build environment
$ uname -a
Linux 094aa2ed34a5 3.18.5-gentoo-tp #1 SMP Fri Feb 6 20:14:55 CET 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Installed Bluetooth development headers:
$ dpkg -s libbluetooth-dev:armhf
Package: libbluetooth-dev
Status: install ok installed
Priority: extra
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 429
Maintainer: Debian Bluetooth Maintainers <pkg-bluetooth-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Architecture: armhf
Source: bluez (5.23-2)
Version: 5.23-2+b1
Replaces: libsdp2-dev (<= 1.5.2)
Provides: libbluetooth3-dev
Depends: libbluetooth3 (= 5.23-2+b1), libc6-dev | libc-dev
Suggests: pkg-config
Conflicts: bluez-pan, libbluetooth-dev, libsdp2-dev (<= 1.5.2)
Description: Development files for using the BlueZ Linux Bluetooth library
 BlueZ is the official Linux Bluetooth protocol stack. It is an Open Source
 project distributed under GNU General Public License (GPL).
Homepage: http://www.bluez.org

Installing the exact same version of libbluetooth-dev in the Docker container as the one that is available on the Pi makes no difference.

Copying over the newer libbluetooth.so from Jessie to Wheezie gives me this error:
./test: /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.15' not found (required by /home/pi/libbluetooth.so.3.17.11)

UPDATE:
Tried with Arch on the Pi, the cross compiled binary also segfaults, giving the same message ("Illegal instruction (core dumped)") with GOARM=5, 6 or 7.
So far I haven't found a way to cross-compile CGO code for the Pi, linked against libbluetooth.
Will try with the Raspberry Pi 2 tomorrow.

A: So let me answer my own question by concluding, after weeks of trial and error, that…
…it just doesn't work.
As a last resort, I tried taking the very same Raspbian image that I used to compile the above code, and running it with QEMU. And guess what: I get a segfault. The very same instructions, using the very same image, gives me a working executable when I run it on the Pi, and a segfault when I emulate the Pi or try to cross-compile it in any way.
In the end, it is just not worth the hassle. We just set up dedicated Pi that builds our project and the "production" Pis just pull the updated binary.


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Osoby o tym nazwisku:
 Alina Kamińska – polska aktorka
 Dorota Kamińska – polska aktorka
 Ida Kamińska – polska aktorka
 Irena Kamińska – polska prawnik
 Julia Kamińska – polska aktorka, scenarzystka, wokalistka i germanistka
 Kamila Kamińska – polska aktorka
 Teresa Kamińska – polska menedżer
 Zofia Kamińska – polska żołnierz podziemia, sanitariuszka w powstaniu warszawskim
 Zofia Trzcińska-Kamińska – polska rzeźbiarka i medalierka


The End of eating Everything, 2013, animated color video with sound, 8 minutes 10 second loop.
Courtesy of the artist, Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels, and Victoria Miro Gallery, London.
Commissioned by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC.
Wangechi Mutu's animated video critiques society's gluttonous consumption and over-indulgence. The central character is a magical, destructive creature played by the musical performer and recording artist Santigold. This extraordinary massive organism features undulating Medusa-like hair, waving arms, flailing tentacles, spinning wheels, and smoke-emitting spores that churn out pollutants like factory chimneys. As this human-headed, amoeba-like form encounters a flock of blackbirds, she cannot resist the urge to eat them to satisfy her voracious appetite. Blood spills, birds perish, and the overstuffed creature eventually implodes in a cloud of smoke. Ultimately the grey cloud lifts, a new day dawns, and a new generation of hatchlings appear. Their mouths still dominate, but now they engage in conversation rather than eating.


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Climate change to make events like 2017 Northern Plains flash drought more likely
Short, sharp drought surprised scientists, caused $2.6 billion in losses
The 2017 Northern Plains drought hit hard and without warning, desiccating pastures, rangelands and wheat, sparking massive wildfires, and causing widespread livestock sell-offs across the Dakotas, northeastern Montana and the Canadian Prairies. While it wasn't the region's worst drought, it caused $2.6 billion in losses. A new study shows droughts like this are 20% more likely due to climate change.
XPrize announces winners in contest to advance ocean science and discovery
NOAA Bonus Prize goes to team of junior high students and Florida team
Editor's note: This story was adapted from the XPrize news release issued on May 31, 2019.
XPRIZE, the global leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity's grand challenges, announced winners on May 31, in the $7M Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE and the $1 million NOAA Bonus prize as part of the global competition to advance ocean technologies for rapid, unmanned and high-resolution ocean exploration and discovery.
NOAA names Colorado State University to host cooperative institute for atmospheric research
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today announced it has selected Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, to host NOAA's cooperative institute focused on developing new satellite products and models designed to improve weather and climate prediction.
Rising emissions drive greenhouse gas index increase
Record levels of greenhouse gas pollution continued to increase humanity's impact on the atmosphere's heat-trapping capacity during 2018, according to a yearly analysis released by NOAA scientists today.
New NOAA, partner buoy in American Samoa opens window into a changing ocean
NOAA and partners have launched a new buoy in Fagatele Bay within NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa to measure the amount of carbon dioxide in the waters around a vibrant tropical coral reef ecosystem.
It's not every day you get a message from space.
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